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by ornornor 2004 days ago
Most password managers let you share passwords without actually revealing the password.
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I struggle with this concept. Suppose a password manager's password sharing utility allows me to login to a web service in my browser. Couldn't I open the Network tab and observe the network request that displays the plaintext username and password?
Probably. It’s not meant to be bullet proof I don’t think, but most people who aren’t developers don’t know that the network inspector is even a thing let alone how to use it.
How can they possibly login without the password being available to them?